Amentum wins $247.6M DOD contract

Amentum Services has landed a $247.6 million contract to help the U.S. Department of Defense to counter threats from a finance systems, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Monday.

The contract was awarded from the DOD’s Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management and Integration Center’s Counternarcotics and Global Threats division. As part of the contract, Amentum will provide solutions to support the DOD’s counter-transnational organized crime, counter-drug and counter-terrorism missions.

The company said it will leverage its personnel, AI and machine learning-enabled tools and advanced analytical techniques to help the DOD and partner agencies combat illegal financial networks that support transnational criminal and terrorist organizations. Amentum’s top priority will be disrupting the illicit supply chain for synthetic opioids and associated money laundering.

“Our team’s expertise and innovative solutions will play a pivotal role in identifying and disrupting the unlawful financial networks of America’s adversaries, ultimately enhancing the safety and security of our nation and its allies,” Mark Walter, president of Amentum Engineering & Technology Group, said in a statement.

The contract, which spans 96 months and has an additional 4-month transition period, is part of the Counternarcotics and Global Threats Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Operations and Logistics Pool.

Amentum has more than 53,000 employees in approximately 80 countries across all seven continents. The company was founded as a spinout of AECOM’s Management Services Group in 2020 and moved its headquarters from Germantown, Maryland, to Chantilly in 2023.